SINCGAR assembly and basic operation for use by Iowa State Army ROTC EDIT: advice from several experienced operators suggest using chapstick rather than saliva to lubricate any threads, as saliva is likely to cause rust.
Teacher: "Cliffnotes and youtube videos won't help you in the real world" Me, years later in the military slamming a monster 10 min before a training I have to give: "cLiFfNoTeS wOnT hElP yOu In ThE rEaL WoRlD"
Brings back memories when on active duty Army Signal Corps in the early 90s. This radio system was starting to be deployed back then. So much lighter, longer battery life, better range, and easy to use than the old vietnam era radios they replaced.
i use it now at my unit. pretty cool but it’s a guard unit so a bunch of our batteries and antennas are bad. reminds me of trouble shooting back in AIT
Old video but I am currently at OCS, I was informed I needed to test on this within hours and I had never used this before and we could not practice before the test. This video saved me majorly thanks a ton!
Thank you, for this clear and concise video ! I have the nco of the quarter competition coming up! Huge lifesaver- now just have to memorize each step. lol
Non-security, non-encrypted fill mode. Been a while since I've seen or used one. Nice to see how to initialize it for manual frequency changes. Thank you for the video, cadet!
I once sent one of my newbie hard chargers over to comm to ask Gunny for a PRC-E7. ...I can still hear the echo of that poor PFC's tears hitting the deck when he found one.
Former USMC Ground Radio Repairman here..."Lick it and stick it" is fine for your chick (^_^), but saliva causes dry rotting of the rubber gasket that is inside the headset connector. It is field expedient, but something to be avoided if possible. Just FYI...
For the love of god, DO NOT lick it and stick it. Use silicon grease, or chap stick. Saliva will rot the rubber O-ring and damage the handset connector
Thats the most barracks carpet I've ever seen. They color it like puke and make it 1/8th of an inch thick so you can't tell the wild shit that happened there.
Instead of spit or chapstick to lube orings, use silicone grease. Why debate which half-assed method is worse when you can just do it right the first time?
@@statonpararescue it's not for sale anymore my asking price was too much anyway in the thousands if it's going to be sold in the future it's most likely going to be on eBay Craigslist or let go
Can anyone tell me if SINCGARS can be jammed by the enemy, say Russia or China? How close would they have to be? Can they do it from a drone, a plane? How far would jamming work, is it omni-directional and can you exclude your own equipment? What can be done to protect yourself from jamming of radio signals? Asking for a book I am writing...
@@TheDavidPauls I am obviously not asking for any classified information. Only what is in the public domain and probably common knowledge for those (unlike me) who understands radio technology. :)
Not gonna front, im going from a "high speed unit" to a regular ol comms unit. Detachment that has gear from the late 90s. I havent touched SINGCARS since 04. Im used to Harris everything, nice antennas, barely any coax....definitely wanna brush up on this before i show up and look like a bag of mashed up assholes.
Matthew Wampler the way I understand it, the radio itself is the sincgar while the mode it is being set up for is single channel plain text. Let me know if and how I'm wrong on this.
